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Truth

A time of what's real, and what's not, and what is.

By Martin KingPublished 4 years ago 5 min read
Truth
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There are so many thoughts we have, sometimes from regrets, or the decisions we must make, or maybe thoughts of what might be in the future. Thoughts are our energy, a construct of unlimited form within our own mind. Our thoughts can create thoughts, that create thoughts, and so on and so forth. From our very minds, we can create a multitude of ideas, thoughts and creations. Gods in our own minds, we can create things, whole universes that nobody else would know. Does thinking create truth? A truth within its' own realm of understanding, is still a truth, even if it's not truth outside of it. Words, meanings, perceptions...all shift based on who views and who receives that understanding. From everything that exist, comes first, the thought. For we could not view ourselves, those around us, our planet, and beyond, without first thinking about anything at all. We are a mind, within a body, puppeteering around, most trying to find their own meaning to the life they live, but, in the end, we make our our destiny, with our thought.

What is real? All around us, things we can touch and use our senses for. We taste delicious food, and feel the warmth of a hug or kiss, and we view our favorite sport or movie play right in front of us. In this reality, we see, hear, smell, taste and touch. We can also sense things with our gut and sometimes call it the 6th sense or intuition. When you think about it, without our mind, none of this would exist to us. We would not be able to have any of the sense because they all incorporate thought. Is it all just in our mind? Technically, yes. Even more so, when you think about how everything is just made up of tiny molecules. Atoms, and a bunch of other things plus elements, but it's all data. We store it all in our mind. Is it real? What makes it real? Real...what is this word? Have you ever started to look at words you knew and something seemed off, like, it's weird, as if, it's a different language and you can't explain it because you've been speaking it and typing and writing and texting it, yet all of a sudden, it's like a glitch, and you're like...what is going on...yeah, that's real and you're not the only one. What's real to us is what exist to us, but then again, there's so much more to what we just see. Reality is relative, as it's based off of the viewer and how they are ABLE to receive it. Think about that.

What's not real? Well we know for years not we have created stories. Everything from plays, to video games, card, puzzle, board, paper, even role playing in real life but it's still not real...or...is it? If you are reading this, that's obviously real. You, literally are reading this in real time, presently. Now, say you remember a passage, like doing some sort of book report and you have to remember a quote, you could try and some will succeed and remember a passage or quote word for word, while some of us might remember it but slightly different. Maybe our mind thinks about other similar words or words that sound the same, but it just tries to put it together even if it's not 100% accurate. If you think back and remember something, does that make it real? Does it depend on how accurate it is? If it's not 100%, is it still real? You, as the reader, what do you think? You can pause, because well, I am real, and this was written by me. At the time of writing this, I am writing this, but it will be the past eventually, or immediately. None of this is a rant, because it all ties together. What truly is real, and once you know what is real, does that mean you truly know what is not real, and from there, if something isn't real, what makes it not real? I would say, there are levels of reality itself. Have you ever thought about that? I'm sure some of you have.

What is? Things that just exist, that are, whether it's "real" or "fake" exist at that point regardless. One might say, there's no such thing as a pink elephant. Well, is that really true? What color is an elephant in the womb? When it's tiny, it's still an elephant right? That would be a pink elephant. Let's say though, I mean an adult elephant. There are none, but you're thinking of it, right? How about this. Imagine a red Statue of Liberty. It doesn't actually exist, but it does in your mind. Someone could draw it or create one and boom, then it exists, but it technically did but just on a different level of reality. So, what is? Everything. Existence. Once something is, it is. The best understanding of this is with cartoons, anime, and other forms of art that is drawn. Whole worlds and universes and powers and massive stories. With video games, and now with Virtual Reality, it's just using the senses, and it exists and is real, in a different level of reality. If you could turn yourself into electricity or a bunch of electrons and data to the point where you're on the same level as that in a game or cartoon, those would be more real to you. Have you ever thought about entering a game, movie, or cartoon?

What are the different levels of reality. How can we shift between others? That is where things get complex. We are powerful, and even when you don't feel powerful, you are. You are far more powerful than you think, but use that power for good. If you're wondering what power or you're straight up like, no, I'm not special, I don't have any power, just think, you're this far. You've been reading this, and believe it or not, that's a power. Understanding language is a power, and understanding multiple is a power, and well, you've heard "Knowledge is Power" right? Well, the more knowledge you have, yes, even that knowledge from school that you think is pointless, is power. A lot of people use knowledge as power to take advantage of others. We aren't perfect, and that's okay, but I know that you can use knowledge as power in a good way. Think about what you know, and think how you can solve things. People just like to be detectives when they're in a relationship or being nosey, but imagine a world of detectives...hmmm that might be my next story. Anyway, just be aware of what you know, and use it for good. The more you use your knowledge, the more you understand, and with understanding, you can solve issues and from there, we together can discover all the different levels of reality and how to get there. Haha were you waiting on me to tell you the different levels of reality? Think about it :)

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Martin King

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